Description

The pack contains workflows used to generate gene and snp sets for metabolites that were measured in the Illig et al publication. The workflows interrogate the Kegg and Biocyc pathway databases to find genes present in pathways and reactions relevant to a given metabolite.

The purpose of the workflow is to determine all the genes operating in BioCyc pathways that the input metabolite participates in. The overall idea is to generate a set of genes that potentially influence the levels of a metabolite due to the common pathways that they share.

The purpose of the workflow is to determine SNPs in the vicinity of the genes and create a SNP set for a given set of genes. The user has the freedom to choose the flanking width around the gene for determining the SNPs. The input is in the form of entrez gene ids. Biomart services are used to determine the chromosome and position of the gene as well as determining Affy gene chip 6k ids. The final report is stored as a tab-delimited text file with Affy 6 gene chip ids for the SNP and Kegg info for the gene that it is associated with.

The purpose of the workflow is to determine all the genes operating in the pathways that the input metabolite participates in. The overall idea is to generate a set of genes that potentially influence the levels of a metabolite due to the common pathways that they share.